Composition for coating yeast.



UNITED S ATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARGARET SCHMITZ, OF T'IPTON, MISSOURI.

COMPOSITION FOR COATING YEAST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 725,370, dated April 14, 1903.

Applicationfiled November 9, 1901. Serial No. 81,754- (Specimen'a) The object of the invention is in a simple,

thoroughly-feasible, inexpensive, and-practical manner and without injury to the substance treated to render it proof against entrance of moisture, vermin, or spores orgerms of fermentation or decay and to prevent for-v mation of mold, the substance treated being thus rendered practically decay-proof for an indefinite period, the preservative employed being at once edible and nutritious, thereby rendering it unnecessary thatit should be removed from the substance when the same is used.

With these and other objects in view, as

will appear as the nature of the invention is.

better understood, the same consists in the novel preserving compound hereinafter fully described and claimed.

The compound consists of the followingingredients, by weight and measure, combined, substantially, in the following proportions: Table salt, nine parts water, (soft,) thirtytwo parts; flour, twenty-eight parts; cornstarch, one part. These ingredients are thoroughly mixed and then strained to remove any lumps that may be present and to present a soft and smooth pasty mass. In using the above compound the substances to be treated, such as compressed yeast or articles of food, are coated therewith, either by dipbrush.

A0 ping or having it applied thereto with a By the employment of the above described compound a firm air-tight coating or envelop is formed around the substance treated, rendering it impervious 'to entrance of vermin,

moisture, or the like and preservingits freshness indefinitely. r

\Vhere'yeast is treated with this compound, its rigidity is such that it may be handled and shipped without danger of breakage, and, further, the ingredients employed will add to its leavening qualities, and thus its value. I

Having thus described the invention, wha I claim is-- 1. The herein-described edible preserving compound, consisting of table salt, water, 

